The GapiDraw platform: high-performance cross-platform graphics on mobile devices

The GapiDraw platform supports the creation of highperformance graphical applications across a variety of handheld hardware configurations, including Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. Handheld computers makes it possible to create applications and services not possible with stationary computers, thus there is a need for a high performance development platform for rapid prototyping on mobile devices. Unlike desktop computers there has not yet evolved a single standard for graphics on handheld devices. Typically, handheld computers only provide direct frame buffer access, and there are major differences in implementation details across different hardware configurations, making it difficult to use mobile devices for prototyping. Using GapiDraw, developers can re-use the same code across a variety of devices and do not have to focus on device-specific implementation details. GapiDraw is actively used as an enabler platform in numerous research labs, and has also been used in over ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: MUM
• Authors: Johan Sanneblad, Lars Erik Holmquist
• Keywords: GapiDraw Platform, Handheld Computers, Mobile Devices, Multimedia, MUM 2004